Mine detail: Bullion-Monarch Open Pit Mine

Previously called 'NBMG Sample Site 132'

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Location: Eureka County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.92434, -116.34287
dep_id: 10044098
mrds_id: M231432
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Gold
gangue: Quartz
model: 172: Carbonate-hosted Au-Ag
alteration: Silicification
ore_ctrl: Fault Zone Striking Nsow, Dipping Steeply Ne Acted As Conduit For Ore-Forming Solutions
Reporter: Kirkham, Richard A., La Pointe, D. D., Li, Zhiping (Moyer, Lorre A.)
hrock_unit: Roberts Mountain
hrock_type: Clastic Sedimentary Rock,Limestone
arock_type: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Structure: Lynn Window Of Roberts Mountain Thrust, Sheep Creek Fault
References:
  • Deposit:: USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 307, REFERENCE NO. 3201100214
  • Deposit:: EVANS, J. G. (1972) GEOLOGICMAP OF RODEO CREEK NE QUADRANGLE, USGS MAP MF-325
  • Deposit:: BENTZ, BROOKS AND MACFARLANE, 5-27-1982, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
  • Deposit:: BONHAM, H.F., 1986, NBMG MAP 91.
  • Deposit:: BONHAM, H.F., 1988, IN NBMG MI-1987.
  • Deposit:: NBMG, 1994, MI-1993
  • Reserve-Resource:: BONHAM, 1988. NBMG MI-1993
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